The Birth and Death of JavaScript (2014)

# The Birth & Death of JavaScript Source: [https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript) A talk by Gary Bernhardt from PyCon 2014 This science fiction / comedy / completely serious talk traces the history of JavaScript, and programming in general, from 1995 until 2035\. It's not pro\- or anti\-JavaScript; the language's flaws are discussed frankly, but its ultimate impact on the industry is tremendously positive\. For Gary's more serious \(and less futuristic\) thoughts on programming, try some[Destroy All Software](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts)screencasts\. If you liked this, you might also like[Execute Program](https://www.executeprogram.com/): interactive courses on TypeScript, Modern JavaScript, SQL, regular expressions, and more\. Each course is made up of hundreds of interactive code examples running live in your browser\.